IXL Skill Plan | Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: Grade 8

Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: Grade 8

Skills available for Florida eighth-grade language arts standards

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Communication
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ELA.8.R	Reading
ELA.8.R.1 Reading Prose and Poetry
ELA.8.R.1.1 Analyze the interaction between character development, setting, and plot in a literary text.		Mixed practice: short stories 1. Analyze short stories Mixed practice: literary passages 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
ELA.8.R.1.1 Analyze the interaction between character development, setting, and plot in a literary text.
Mixed practice: short stories 1. Analyze short stories Mixed practice: literary passages 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2

ELA.8.R.1.2 Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.		Theme analysis 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Determine multiple themes of short stories Skill development: theme 3. Match the quotations with their themes Mixed practice: literary passages 4. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 6. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
ELA.8.R.1.2 Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.
Theme analysis 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Determine multiple themes of short stories Skill development: theme 3. Match the quotations with their themes Mixed practice: literary passages 4. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 6. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2

ELA.8.R.1.3 Analyze how an author develops and individualizes the perspectives of different characters.		Mixed practice: short stories 1. Analyze short stories Mixed practice: literary passages 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
ELA.8.R.1.3 Analyze how an author develops and individualizes the perspectives of different characters.
Mixed practice: short stories 1. Analyze short stories Mixed practice: literary passages 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2

ELA.8.R.1.4 Analyze structure, sound, imagery, and figurative language in poetry.		Skill development: poetic elements 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry
ELA.8.R.1.4 Analyze structure, sound, imagery, and figurative language in poetry.
Skill development: poetic elements 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry
ELA.8.R.2 Reading Informational Text
ELA.8.R.2.1 Analyze how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose and/or meaning in texts.		Text features 1. Read graphic organizers Mixed practice: nonfiction passages 2. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 1 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 2
ELA.8.R.2.1 Analyze how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose and/or meaning in texts.
Text features 1. Read graphic organizers Mixed practice: nonfiction passages 2. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 1 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 2

ELA.8.R.2.2 Analyze two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.		Central ideas in argumentative passages 1. Trace an argument Central ideas in informational passages 2. Read and understand informational passages • Coming soon: Read about business and technology • Coming soon: Read about science and nature Mixed practice: central ideas in nonfiction passages 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 1 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 2 Skill development: central idea 7. Determine the central idea of a passage 8. Combine central ideas from two texts Skill development: supporting details 9. Identify supporting details in informational texts
ELA.8.R.2.2 Analyze two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.
Central ideas in argumentative passages 1. Trace an argument Central ideas in informational passages 2. Read and understand informational passages • Coming soon: Read about business and technology • Coming soon: Read about science and nature Mixed practice: central ideas in nonfiction passages 3. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 1 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Part 2 Skill development: central idea 7. Determine the central idea of a passage 8. Combine central ideas from two texts Skill development: supporting details 9. Identify supporting details in informational texts

ELA.8.R.2.3 Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.		Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Figurative language 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Skill development: rhetorical appeals 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
ELA.8.R.2.3 Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.
Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Figurative language 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Skill development: rhetorical appeals 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

ELA.8.R.2.4 Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness, identifying ways in which the argument could be improved.		Skill development: argument analysis 1. Trace an argument Skill development: logical fallacies 2. Classify logical fallacies
ELA.8.R.2.4 Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness, identifying ways in which the argument could be improved.
Skill development: argument analysis 1. Trace an argument Skill development: logical fallacies 2. Classify logical fallacies
ELA.8.R.3 Reading Across Genres
ELA.8.R.3.1 Analyze how figurative language contributes to meaning and explain examples of symbolism in text(s).		Skill development: figurative language 1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Skill development: allusions 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Recall the source of an allusion
ELA.8.R.3.1 Analyze how figurative language contributes to meaning and explain examples of symbolism in text(s).
Skill development: figurative language 1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Skill development: allusions 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Recall the source of an allusion

ELA.8.R.3.2 Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.		Extension: plagiarism and appropriate paraphrasing 1. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.R.3.2 Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
Extension: plagiarism and appropriate paraphrasing 1. Identify plagiarism

ELA.8.R.3.3 Compare and contrast the use or discussion of archetypes in texts.
ELA.8.R.3.3 Compare and contrast the use or discussion of archetypes in texts.


ELA.8.R.3.4 Explain how an author uses rhetorical devices to support or advance an appeal.		Rhetoric 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Rhetoric in historical passages 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Skill development: rhetoric 4. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
ELA.8.R.3.4 Explain how an author uses rhetorical devices to support or advance an appeal.
Rhetoric 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Rhetoric in historical passages 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Skill development: rhetoric 4. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

ELA.8.C	Communication
ELA.8.C.1 Communicating Through Writing
ELA.8.C.1.2 Write personal or fictional narratives using narrative techniques, varied transitions, and a clearly established point of view.		Narrative techniques 1. Identify sensory details 2. Use personification 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Transitions 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Skill development: point of view 7. Identify the narrative point of view
ELA.8.C.1.2 Write personal or fictional narratives using narrative techniques, varied transitions, and a clearly established point of view.
Narrative techniques 1. Identify sensory details 2. Use personification 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Transitions 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Skill development: point of view 7. Identify the narrative point of view

ELA.8.C.1.3 Write to argue a position, supporting at least one claim and rebutting at least one counterclaim with logical reasoning, credible evidence from sources, elaboration, and using a logical organizational structure.		Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Choose evidence to support a claim 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Counterclaims 8. Identify counterclaims 9. Evaluate counterclaims Transitions 10. Use coordinating conjunctions 11. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 12. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 13. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Organization 14. Remove the sentence that does not belong Skill development: logical fallacies 15. Classify logical fallacies
ELA.8.C.1.3 Write to argue a position, supporting at least one claim and rebutting at least one counterclaim with logical reasoning, credible evidence from sources, elaboration, and using a logical organizational structure.
Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Choose evidence to support a claim 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Counterclaims 8. Identify counterclaims 9. Evaluate counterclaims Transitions 10. Use coordinating conjunctions 11. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 12. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 13. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Organization 14. Remove the sentence that does not belong Skill development: logical fallacies 15. Classify logical fallacies

ELA.8.C.1.4 Write expository texts to explain and analyze information from multiple sources, using relevant supporting details, logical organization, and varied purposeful transitions.		Topic sentences 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea Organization 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Organize information by topic 4. Remove the sentence that does not belong Supporting evidence 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Transitions 6. Use coordinating conjunctions 7. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 8. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 9. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
ELA.8.C.1.4 Write expository texts to explain and analyze information from multiple sources, using relevant supporting details, logical organization, and varied purposeful transitions.
Topic sentences 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea Organization 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 3. Organize information by topic 4. Remove the sentence that does not belong Supporting evidence 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Transitions 6. Use coordinating conjunctions 7. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 8. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 9. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

ELA.8.C.1.5 Improve writing by planning, editing, considering feedback from adults and peers, and revising for clarity and cohesiveness.		Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Revision 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Remove redundant words or phrases 6. Suggest appropriate revisions Editing 7. Use the correct frequently confused word 8. Correct errors with frequently confused words 9. Correct errors with signs 10. Correct errors in everyday use Complete sentences 11. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 12. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 13. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Sentence variety 14. Create varied sentences based on models Parallel structure 15. Use parallel structure Plagiarism 16. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.1.5 Improve writing by planning, editing, considering feedback from adults and peers, and revising for clarity and cohesiveness.
Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Revision 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Remove redundant words or phrases 6. Suggest appropriate revisions Editing 7. Use the correct frequently confused word 8. Correct errors with frequently confused words 9. Correct errors with signs 10. Correct errors in everyday use Complete sentences 11. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 12. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 13. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Sentence variety 14. Create varied sentences based on models Parallel structure 15. Use parallel structure Plagiarism 16. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.2 Communicating Orally
ELA.8.C.2.1 Present information orally, in a logical sequence, supporting the central idea with credible evidence.
ELA.8.C.2.1 Present information orally, in a logical sequence, supporting the central idea with credible evidence.

ELA.8.C.3 Following Conventions
ELA.8.C.3.1 Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.		Sentence structure 1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses Verb mood 4. Correct errors with verb mood Active and passive voice 5. Identify active and passive voice 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Phrases, clauses, and parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure 8. Is it a phrase or a clause? 9. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses Semicolons and commas 11. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 12. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 13. Use dashes 14. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 15. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Capitalization 16. Correct capitalization errors 17. Capitalizing titles Commas 18. Commas with series, dates, and places 19. Commas with compound and complex sentences 20. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 21. Commas with coordinate adjectives 22. Commas: review Spelling 23. Learn to spell common words: set 1 24. Learn to spell common words: set 2 25. Spell common words: sets 1 and 2 26. Learn to spell common words: set 3 27. Learn to spell common words: set 4 28. Spell common words: sets 3 and 4 29. Spell common words: review sets 1–4 Frequently confused words 30. Use the correct frequently confused word 31. Correct errors with frequently confused words 32. Use the correct homophone Skill development: subjects and predicates 33. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 34. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 35. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Skill development: sentences, fragments, and run-ons 36. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 37. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 38. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Skill development: plural nouns 39. Form and use plurals: review 40. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Skill development: plural and possessive nouns 41. Form the singular or plural possessive 42. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 43. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Skill development: pronouns and antecedents 44. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 45. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 46. Identify vague pronoun references Skill development: subject and object pronouns 47. Choose between subject and object pronouns 48. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 49. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Skill development: relative pronouns 50. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 51. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Skill development: personal and reflexive pronouns 52. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Skill development: adjectives and adverbs 53. Order adjectives 54. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 55. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 56. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 57. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 58. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Skill development: subject-verb agreement 59. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 60. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 61. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Skill development: verb tense 62. Irregular past tense: review 63. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 64. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 65. Form the progressive verb tenses Skill development: prepositions 66. Form the perfect verb tenses 67. Identify prepositional phrases Skill development: conjunctions 68. Use coordinating conjunctions 69. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Skill development: misplaced modifiers 70. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 71. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 72. Are the modifiers used correctly?
ELA.8.C.3.1 Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
Sentence structure 1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses Verb mood 4. Correct errors with verb mood Active and passive voice 5. Identify active and passive voice 6. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Phrases, clauses, and parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure 8. Is it a phrase or a clause? 9. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses Semicolons and commas 11. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 12. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 13. Use dashes 14. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 15. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Capitalization 16. Correct capitalization errors 17. Capitalizing titles Commas 18. Commas with series, dates, and places 19. Commas with compound and complex sentences 20. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 21. Commas with coordinate adjectives 22. Commas: review Spelling 23. Learn to spell common words: set 1 24. Learn to spell common words: set 2 25. Spell common words: sets 1 and 2 26. Learn to spell common words: set 3 27. Learn to spell common words: set 4 28. Spell common words: sets 3 and 4 29. Spell common words: review sets 1–4 Frequently confused words 30. Use the correct frequently confused word 31. Correct errors with frequently confused words 32. Use the correct homophone Skill development: subjects and predicates 33. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 34. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 35. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Skill development: sentences, fragments, and run-ons 36. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 37. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 38. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Skill development: plural nouns 39. Form and use plurals: review 40. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Skill development: plural and possessive nouns 41. Form the singular or plural possessive 42. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 43. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Skill development: pronouns and antecedents 44. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 45. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 46. Identify vague pronoun references Skill development: subject and object pronouns 47. Choose between subject and object pronouns 48. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 49. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Skill development: relative pronouns 50. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 51. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Skill development: personal and reflexive pronouns 52. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Skill development: adjectives and adverbs 53. Order adjectives 54. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 55. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 56. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 57. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 58. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Skill development: subject-verb agreement 59. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 60. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 61. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Skill development: verb tense 62. Irregular past tense: review 63. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 64. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 65. Form the progressive verb tenses Skill development: prepositions 66. Form the perfect verb tenses 67. Identify prepositional phrases Skill development: conjunctions 68. Use coordinating conjunctions 69. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Skill development: misplaced modifiers 70. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 71. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 72. Are the modifiers used correctly?
ELA.8.C.4 Researching
ELA.8.C.4.1 Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on multiple reliable and valid sources, and generating additional questions for further research.		Research skills 1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 5. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.4.1 Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on multiple reliable and valid sources, and generating additional questions for further research.
Research skills 1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 5. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.5 Creating and Collaborating
ELA.8.C.5.1 Integrate diverse digital media to emphasize the relevance of a topic or idea in oral or written tasks.
ELA.8.C.5.1 Integrate diverse digital media to emphasize the relevance of a topic or idea in oral or written tasks.


ELA.8.C.5.2 Use a variety of digital tools to collaborate with others to produce writing.
ELA.8.C.5.2 Use a variety of digital tools to collaborate with others to produce writing.

ELA.8.V	Vocabulary
ELA.8.V.1 Finding Meaning
ELA.8.V.1.1 Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.		Skill development: academic vocabulary 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
ELA.8.V.1.1 Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.
Skill development: academic vocabulary 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

ELA.8.V.1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.		Greek and Latin roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Prefixes 5. Words with pre- 6. Words with re- 7. Words with sub- 8. Words with mis- 9. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 10. Words with -ful 11. Words with -less 12. Words with -able and -ible Spelling 13. Spell words with base elements: audi, ject 14. Spell words with base elements: dict, duce, duct 15. Spell words with base elements: review
ELA.8.V.1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.
Greek and Latin roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Prefixes 5. Words with pre- 6. Words with re- 7. Words with sub- 8. Words with mis- 9. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 10. Words with -ful 11. Words with -less 12. Words with -able and -ible Spelling 13. Spell words with base elements: audi, ject 14. Spell words with base elements: dict, duce, duct 15. Spell words with base elements: review

ELA.8.V.1.3 Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.		Context clues 1. Find words using context 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 4. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 5. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 6. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Synonyms and antonyms 7. Choose the synonym 8. Choose the antonym 9. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 10. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 11. Which definition matches the sentence? 12. Which sentence matches the definition? Homophones 13. Use the correct homophone Figurative language 14. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 15. Interpret figures of speech Shades of meaning 16. Describe the difference between related words 17. Positive and negative connotation Reference materials 18. Alphabetical order 19. Use guide words 20. Use dictionary entries 21. Use dictionary definitions 22. Use thesaurus entries Etymologies 23. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
ELA.8.V.1.3 Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.
Context clues 1. Find words using context 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 4. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 5. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 6. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Synonyms and antonyms 7. Choose the synonym 8. Choose the antonym 9. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 10. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 11. Which definition matches the sentence? 12. Which sentence matches the definition? Homophones 13. Use the correct homophone Figurative language 14. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 15. Interpret figures of speech Shades of meaning 16. Describe the difference between related words 17. Positive and negative connotation Reference materials 18. Alphabetical order 19. Use guide words 20. Use dictionary entries 21. Use dictionary definitions 22. Use thesaurus entries Etymologies 23. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words